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Yes, as a user of a third-party Twitter client I immediately thought this isn't a great thing. Just because somebody has Twitter installed (or their carrier pr
by christop 11y ago
Yes, as a user of a third-party Twitter client I immediately thought this isn't a great thing.
Just because somebody has Twitter installed (or their carrier pre-installed it), doesn't mean they necessarily want to use the official app.
I noticed last week that Google search in Chrome on Android already does something similar — I searched for somebody and got a Twitter profile link. Clicking it led me to the Play Store to install the official Twitter app instead of allowing the intent system to open it in Falcon Pro.
Though hopefully that's just related to Google's recent Twitter partnership.
- christop 11y agoLooking at the M preview release, I see that Settings > Apps has expanded the "Open by default" section for each app. Now there's a toggle, "Open supported links without asking", with a list of domain names that the app supports. So you can keep the old "which app do you want to use to handle this intent" behaviour by turning off supported links for apps you don't like (e.g. Twitter).